Type 1 diabetes mellitus in children is one of the most common chronic health conditions, requiring constant monitoring and care. Living with children who are diagnosed with chronic illness affects multiple aspects of parents' daily lives, including the physical, mental, and social aspects. Due to their child's diabetes, parents may experience many special difficulties with their daily responsibilities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProblem: Little is known regarding the healthcare needs and experiences of pregnant women with congenital heart disease (CHD) during pregnancy.
Background: Congenital heart diseases are the most common birth anomalies, and they embrace a wide range of defects ranging from mild to complex and life-threatening defects. Pregnancy carries many physiological and psychological changes that affect pregnant woman with CHD and need special attention and consideration.
Background: Haemophilia is an inherited bleeding disorder. Mothers of children with haemophilia experience stress, anxiety and different types of burdens that affect their life negatively.
Objectives: This study aimed to explore the lived experience of mothers of children with haemophilia.
Objective: Congenital heart diseases (CHDs) are the most common birth anomalies, and they embraced a wide range of defects ranging from mild defects to complex and life-threatening defects. Medical advancement improved children's survival, and more females are reaching childbearing age. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the lived experience of Jordanian pregnant women with CHD during pregnancy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the last decades, there has been a tremendous change in approaching and managing neonates' pain. These changes began with rebutting the previous misconception about neonates' , particularly preterm infants' , pain. The development in neuroimaging has revealed that by 24 weeks of gestation the peripheral nervous system is mature and function fully.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a common autosomal recessive disease with an incidence of 1:2560 live births in Jordan. It affects the quality of life for both the child and the parents. In Jordan knowledge about parents' experience with children diagnosed with CF is limited.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a congenitally inherited disease characterized by progressive muscle damage and loss of function in children, which currently has no cure. Parents of children with DMD go through significant challenges when caring for a child with this condition.
Purpose: The aim of this study was to explore the lived experience of Jordanian parents caring for a child with DMD.
Purpose: The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of combined video game distraction and anesthesia mask exposure and shaping intervention as compared to conventional preoperative preparation on the preoperative anxiety, anesthesia induction compliance and emergence delirium of children undergoing day-case surgery.
Design And Methods: The CONSORT guidelines were followed in the current study; a randomized clinical trial, two groups, pre posttest, between subjects design with 1:1 allocation ratio was employed. Children (5-11 years of age; N = 128) admitted for day case surgery were invited to participate in the study.